Alistair Begg. Perhaps he's well known in most mainstream Christian circles, but frankly, I'm unaware of who he is. However, it seems like he's a well known and respected voice in the evangelical community.
However, he's made a statement that was recorded on Begg's blog that went against Scripture that really stirred up believers in Christ around the world.
Here's his background and according to Wikipedia......
Begg believes in the inerrancy and supremacy of Scripture, and in the saving power of Christ alone. He has said that the core belief of Parkside Church is "that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has died as an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and that to know Him is to know life, both now and forever [...] Jesus Christ is the only Savior, because Jesus is the only one who is qualified to save."[8] Begg is especially known for compelling oratory and a style of teaching that makes frequent reference to Biblical passages.
In January 2024 Begg received criticism for advising a grandmother to attend her grandson's wedding to a transgender person.[9][10] Critics included Owen Strachan, provost of Grace Bible Theological Seminary,[10][11] and the American Family Association,[12] the latter of whom ended up removing Begg's Truth for Life broadcasts from their American Family Radio network.[13]"
First, the Bible reminds us that the mind of God is closed from eternity.
Psalms 119:89-91
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"Forever, O LORD,
Your word is settled in heaven.
Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
You established the earth, and it abides.
They continue this day according to Your ordinances,
For all are Your servants."
Genesis 1:26-27 (NKJV) Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle,
over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
Genesis 2:21-25 (NKJV) "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
And Adam said:
“This is now bone of my bones
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."
Now you've read the short description of Mr. Begg correctly.
Mr. Begg advised a grandmother to attend the wedding of her grandson that's getting married to a transgender.
So let's understand this.
The grandson is marrying a man that's transitioning into a woman and Begg is telling the grandmother that it's ok to attend their wedding. I know. You get it.
But just in case someone didn't get it....
The Lord Jesus undoubtedly affirms and obviously agrees with the Father.
Matthew 19:3-6 (NKJV)
"And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’
and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
So then, they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
The failed argument of the homosexual community is that "Jesus never said anything about homosexuality" which is a failed argument.
Paul affirms both the Father and the Son.
Ephesians 5:31 (NKJV) “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
First. The Lord pointed out the undeniable fact that in the beginning, God created them "male and female."
Second. The Lord said "he shall leave father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."
These two unmistakeable statements ends their failed argument of homosexual marriage.
Regarding transgenders.....
You have the science. The world always say "Follow the science."
Science means "knowledge." XX-XY chromosomes.
XX is women. XY is male.
Just for argument's sake, only a minuscule percentage have mixed chromosomes but for the most part, the consistent pattern has always been XX-XY.
There's no operation or hormonal treatment on the planet that can change a person's chromosomes. But they're trying desperately. Decades ago, they've tried to transplant a woman's ovaries into a man and it was soundly unsuccessful. It was primitive medicine in those days before DNA showed up.
The biological makeup of male and female cannot be changed. It's impossible.
Therefore, a man cannot surgically or hormonally become a woman, menstruate, give birth, breast feed, or have abortions. It's impossible. Women cannot inseminate another woman or a man. It's impossible.
God isn't confused. Fallible man is.
Psalm 100:3 (NKJV) "Know that the LORD, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves..."
Isaiah 5:20-21 (NKJV)
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
Isaiah 29:15-16 (NKJV)
"Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD,
And their works are in the dark;
They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?
1 Corinthians 14:33a (NKJV) "For God is not the author of confusion but of peace..."
Jeremiah 30:6a (NKJV) "Ask now, and see, whether a man is ever in labor with child?"
God never joined together male and male or female and female. Otherwise, how would they become one flesh, and how would children be produced?
For children to be produced, homosexuals are forced to go back to the original plan of God to populate the world.
Inseminate. Surrogate. And Adoption. Better yet, repent, place faith on Christ, get married, one biological male and one biological female, and procreate. Very simple.
All children must be born into the world by a woman after conception.
The original birth certificate remains original no matter how many times you change it. When doctors treat patients, it's according to their original gender or the medicine will not work.
A woman cannot inseminate another woman. A man cannot inseminate another man.
If they don't want to believe the Bible and God's way, they're forced to do it God's way.
Now why would Alistair Begg advise this grandmother to go to support something that's against the will of God?
It seems to me that the grandmother wanted to support her grandson. Matthew chapter 10 is clear about what would happen in the home.
Matthew 10:34-39 (NKJV) “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.
For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’;
and a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it."
What's at stake here is that he's advising her to agree with her grandson to attend a wedding of her grandson and another man that's transitioned into a woman.
She's advised by a man, purported to be a Bible teaching pastor to be an enemy of God and a friend with the world.
This has been going on for years. A family member is forced to please their homosexual friends and families rather than pleasing God.
We're watching the famous and not so famous make a critical decision that only underscores how deep the issues of homosexuality is and that people that were once rock solid for the Lord, capitulates and compromises in the face of not being "loving" of anyone that practices the vile abominable sin of homosexuality.
You're forced to make a decision.
For the faithful, it's an easy no brain power decision.
Matthew 22:37-40 (NKJV) Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
We don't hate them but we tell them the truth in love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NKJV) "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; {love} does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails."
The preacher should have said to her don't go to the ceremony.
And....you tell your grandson the truth.
"Honey. I love you but I love the Lord more than you. I don't hate you or the person. I do not support the abominable sin of homosexuality and transgenderism is against God's will that He created them "male and female." I cannot and will not go to your ceremony because it isn't a marriage. It's against what the Bible says."
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